Immediately after Okafor’s winning goal in Milan-Udinese, Yacine Adli was the protagonist of a beautiful gesture: instead of celebrating with the Swiss striker, he ran across the pitch to hug Mike Maignan who, due to the racist insults received on several occasions by the Friulian fans, he had experienced a bad evening in Udine.
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Okafor’s goal in full stoppage time allowed Milan to win 3-2 in the daring away match at Udinese. A very important goal for the 23-year-old Swiss which allows the Rossoneri team to achieve their fourth consecutive victory and temporarily bring Juventus and Inter closer in the standings. A marking celebrated with great enthusiasm by all the staff and teammates I ran to hug the match-winner.
Everyone except Yacine Adli who, despite being close to the author of the winning goal, he decided to go and celebrate what in his opinion was the true protagonist of this success for Milanthat is to say Mike Maignan who had a bad evening in Udine due to some repeated racist insults directed at him by fans of the home team which also led to the sensational incident temporary five-minute interruption for racism decreed by the referee Maresca in compliance with the FIGC regulations.
Interruption during which the Rossoneri goalkeeper also returned to the changing rooms with the intention of never returning to the pitch followed first by Adli and then by the rest of the team following indications from Theo Hernandez. Convinced by his teammates to start playing again the Milan goalkeeper was then, probably still very shaken by what had happened, a negative protagonist in the two Friulian goals signed by Samardzic and Thauvin who had overturned the Rossoneri’s initial lead signed by Loftus-Cheek.
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But Adli knows well that the real hero of the match won in a comeback with goals from substitutes Jovic and Okafor is his goalkeeper himself and so the moment the Swiss striker deposits the ball into the net for the final 3-2 in full recovery he has no doubts: he turns and runs in the opposite direction to the rest of his teammates, crosses the entire pitch and goes to hug Mike Maignan as if he had been the one to score that important goal. An Adli therefore who, in addition to having carved out a leading role on the pitch, seems to have now quickly become a pillar of the Rossoneri dressing room, preferring to be close to those who most needed to be celebrated at that moment, even more than those who made it possible incredible comeback. .
2024-01-20 23:33:36
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